ERC’s gesture to maintain negotiations on new open regional financing. The Ministry of Finance and General Directorate Salvador Illa leaked a few weeks ago that the new plan had effectively been abolished, at the same time that it included issues such as the principle of order. … Otherwise, exclusive control of high taxes such as personal income tax by the Catalan side would have been excluded from the proposal, as reported by the ABC.Esquerra announced today: postponed to next session2026, Parliamentary debate on a bill to allow autonomous communities to collect personal income tax.
The decision is as follows Save time and extend deadlinesThis is a measure agreed between the ERC and the government, which seems to postpone the urgency with which the government a few weeks ago scheduled new loans for a more open period, so that, among other virtues for electoral gains, the debate will no longer be led by the current Minister of Finance María Jesús Montero and the future PSOE candidate stationed in Andalusia.
As announced today by Deputy Communications Secretary and ERC Spokesperson Isaac Albert, the purpose of delaying the bill is to allow negotiations to continue. A Republican spokesperson insisted that funding negotiations are progressing at this point and that the party is considering bringing a personal income tax proposal to the House for debate.distort» This conversation. The government and the ERC have therefore changed direction in negotiations that seemed to have broken down a few weeks ago, and the delay of the Republican bill was a way to pressure and warn Republicans that any proposal is doomed to failure without a prior agreement.
“Negotiations are currently underway and progress is being made. We understand that we can Arrive at a good portand we believe that this discussion is not for now, but will happen later,” the Republican spokesperson stressed, explaining that the debate will be postponed to the next session starting in February.
He also said that funding negotiations are progressing correctly and that “we should have an answer by the end of the year,” but that he preferred them. Do not set calendarAsked when the government could convene the Fiscal and Financial Policy Council (CPFF) to present new financing models, he said:
The ERC’s position is in contrast to information communicated to this paper by knowledgeable sources, who note that: Basic structure The content of the system has been defined and what is currently being done is to conclude a political agreement based on two options: to present a proposal that has already been clarified and effectively finalized, or to present a more open general approach to final negotiations.
From the ERC’s point of view, it is recognized that those most interested in a longer calendar are the socialists, both the PSC, which wants to obtain the central government’s budget, and the budget of the government’s vice president and ministers. Maria Jesus Monteroplans to leave the executive to become a PSOE candidate for the Andalusian elections.
The measures taken by the ERC are in contrast to those taken by Janz, which broke the basic political agreement with the PSOE. for republican“The gesture has very short legs”: “It is incomprehensible that any party in Catalonia, any national party, would vote against the interests of the country.”
Meanwhile, a Republican spokesperson said in a statement compiled by Epp that Republicans will introduce a bill to Congress this Tuesday to block it. speculative purchase On housing: “There is no way that someone who is saving money to get rich will pay the same as someone who owns an apartment or two designed for a family, or who bought an apartment with the savings they earned through work.”
He opted for progressive taxation, elaborating that the initiative was aimed at acquiring foreign investment funds, adding: “No political party in Catalonia can vote against a proposal that takes Catalonia’s side.” family», a veiled allusion to Jantz.